Hospice News May 3, 2024
Traumatized and abused hospice patients and providers often experience an array of lingering physical, emotional and psychological effects that can fall into a silent abyss of unmet needs.
Breaking down the barriers to stronger trauma-informed end-of-life care requires heightened awareness, legislative action and improved care delivery approaches. Some hospice providers have training and education around trauma-informed care delivery, but concerns are mounting about whether these efforts are sufficient to address the unmet and sometimes unvoiced needs among patients and staff alike.
“Little is known about the epidemiology of trauma among persons approaching the end of life and how prior life trauma is related to these different domains of end-of-life well-being,” Dr. Ashwin Kotwal, assistant professor at the University California San...
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